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80,000. Users that wait too close to 2020 may find that the capacity for installation falls short of demand. The military has already indicated they will be una ble to meet the 2020 deadline. Several of their older airframes simply cannot accommodate t he new avionics. The military does expect to equip newer fighters and a ll of their larger aircraft and the effort to do so has begun. To deal with the exceptions, the Agency is working on agreements with DOD to ensure identified radar sources remain in place. ADS - B IOCs have been completed at all Enroute (ERAM and MEARTS) fac ilities. All ERAM sites have promoted ADS - B to the top of their sort cells. Three of 4 MEARTS facilities are operating on Fusion with ZSU next to transition. 123 of 155 Terminal sites have reached their ADS - B IOC, an d 119 are operating on Fusion. The majo rity of the remaining Terminal sites are ARTS 2E sites awaiting an upgra de to the ELITE (STARS) build. The Terminal ADS - B/Fusion transition proceeds in this order: Kickoff meeting, ADS - B Flight Inspection, ADS - B IOC, Fusion Operational Suitability Demonst ratio n (OSD) and Fusion Operations. The most recent and upcoming Terminal events: Toledo (TOL) Fusion OSD 3/27 Waco (ACT) ADS - B IOC 4/3 Waco (ACT) Fusion OSD 4/3 Youngstown (YNG) ADS - B Flight Inspection 4/4 Southern California WAM Phase 2 Flight Inspecti on 4/10 Casper (CPR) ADS - B Flight Inspection 4/11 Toledo (TOL) Fusion Transition 4/12 Waco (ACT) Fusion Transition 4/19 Great Falls (GTF) ADS - B Flight Inspection 4/24 Youngstown (YNG) ADS - B IOC 4/23 Falmouth - Otis AFB (K90) ADS - B IOC 4/27 Asheville (AVL) Fl ight Inspection 5/2 Youngstown (YNG) Fusion OSD 5/2 Youngstown (YNG) Fusion Transition 5/9 Rochester (RST) ADS - B Flight Inspection 5/9 Casper (CPR) ADS - B IOC 5/11 Casper (CPR) Fusion OSD 5/16 Reading (RDG) ADS - B Flight Inspection 5/16 Great Falls (GTF) ADS - B IOC 5/22 Springfield (SPI) ADS - B Flight Inspection 5/23 Lake Charles (LCH) ADS - B Flight Inspection 5/23 ADS - B Avionics Issues An issue not screened by automation systems but an important assumption for future ADS - B dependent applications is the br oa dcast call sign of the user. ADS - B aircraft reports include this information, and automation systems comp are it to the filed call sign. When a mismatch occurs a Call Sign Mismatch (CS MM) alert can be generated. The issue has been highlighted in Equip 2020 meetings since ADS - B dependent applications (CAVS, Advanced Interval Management, etc.) are de pendent on this functionality. Monthly tracking continues to show this as a significant problem. The SBS Article 114 work group has recommended disabling CSMM al erts across all automation platforms.